Harnath Singh Yadav
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
Assumed office
3 April 2018
ConstituencyUttar Pradesh
Personal details
Born (1941-04-01) 1 April 1941
Mainpuri, United Provinces, British India
(present-day Uttar Pradesh, India)
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
Residence(s)153 North Avenue, New Delhi
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Harnath Singh Yadav (born 1 April 1941) is an Indian politician. He is a Member of Parliament elect, representing Uttar Pradesh in the Rajya Sabha the upper house of India's Parliament representing the Bharatiya Janata Party.[1][2] He hails from Gopalpur village of Mainpuri district.

Harnath Singh Yadav is a former MLC who hails from Mainpuri and later moved to Etah. A former RSS zila pracharak, he later served as BJP state general secretary. He is considered close to former CM Kalyan Singh. He was elected an MLC as an independent in 1996 and later with Samajwadi Party support in 2002 from Agra Graduates constituency. He lost the council election in 2014, then he joined BJP. In the 2017 UP elections, BJP appointed him in-charge of Yadav-dominated district Mainpuri.

References

  1. ↑ "BJP bags 11 Rajya Sabha seats, crushes SP-BSP bonhomie in UP". The Economic Times. 24 March 2018. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
  2. ↑ "In Rajya Sabha race, newcomers & state leaders". Indian Express. 13 March 2018. Retrieved 24 March 2018.


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